Identity

Hi, I’m Gary (aka: Paul).  I’m part of the new movie, “Identity,” being shot right now in the Quad Cities.  Did you know it takes one hour of shooting time for every minute you see on the screen at the theater?  Yup. Part of that is because the director and cast have A.D.D.    naw…j/k.  Although we did discover last night that David can’t play the ukaleli (or however you spell it).  Actually, having fun on set is an important part of the process (or so we tell ourselves).  The relaxed atmosphere helps a great deal in the feel of “reality” as you are actually shooting a scene.  One other thing.  I’ve been in theater as an writer/director/actor for a long time.  Acting for theater is waaaaaaay different than acting for movies.  It’s taking some getting used to, but I like it.

Tell ya what.  This is going to be one “P”owerful movie, and that rhymes with “T” and that stands for Tunberg…er, I mean, Terrific.  Course that works too.  Jenny is terrific behind the lens.  Just ask her to show you the “scrunch and run” the next time you see her.  Or, ask her about her doctrinal beliefs about spiders.  (Although those two things may sound like they are tied together, they’re actually different).

We’ll talk later.  Just wanted to say, “hi” and introduce myself.   Later!

Hey, my names Hope ( a.k.a Miranda) and today was the first day of filming for me… It was pretty nerve-racking at first, mostly because I was just coming into this sort of industry and this setting and the people that I was working with have been doing it for a couple weeks so I felt a little out of place. But once I sort of watched other people do a couple scenes and was joking around with them, it felt a lot more natural and a lot more in my comfort-zone. On some of the scenes I was in I did mess up and stutter a little bit with my lines but everyone just laughed and we did another take so it was no big deal. I really enjoyed it, we got to bake and then eat cookies for one scene which was nice haha. We joked around a lot but we knew when to get serious for a scene. I had so much fun and I can’t wait until the next time I film!…. I cannot wait until the end product for this project! It will be so fun to see what we’ve accomplished!… Hopefully you’ll see it too!

Love,

Hope- (Miranda)

The movie is coming along really well, I think people are going to really enjoy it when it comes out. Being behind the camera and still feeling the emotion of the scenes is pretty good so I can’t imagine what it will be like without a boom mic hovering over people’s heads.

A lot of indie films are criticized for having bad acting, and I think I have a good eye for bad acting; however I can honestly say that I am really impressed with the acting I’ve seen thus far. People have been really nailing their parts, and offering some moving acting, I think you’ll agree when the movie comes out.

I mainly wanted to update this to post a little video I made of some shots that Joey and Jenny filmed, unfortunately I can’t get it to work tonight. But here’s a funny video about Dan Dan the Boom Operator, you can view it here.